"Boss Chen, Penguin really did contact us. They're looking for us to work together."
"It seems Penguin wants to make a fortune in online games."
"Then should I agree?"
"Wait …"
Chen Yu shook his head. "You can't agree so quickly. They'll be suspicious if you agree so quickly. You can't not agree. First, delay them for a few days, then offer a high price to make things difficult for them for a few more days. Finally, we'll work together. "
"Understood."
Zhang Jianming nodded from time to time.
In his heart, he really admired Chen Yu's plan.
First, he changed the number of players online at the same time. Then, he created a fake news story. Now, he was playing hard to get.
No matter how awesome the guy was, he would still be played in circles.
He didn't know how this guy came up with such deceptive ideas.
But then again, when they played Legend of Mir together, this guy was already full of tricks.
And so, a period of time passed.
Penguin spent a lot of effort before finally reaching an agreement with Huanyu Technologies.
Since they had reached an agreement, Huanyu Technologies didn't make things difficult for Penguin. Instead, they officially started promoting Victorious Return.
Victorious Return wasn't very famous in the previous timeline. Many players hadn't even played it.
However, although Victorious Return ultimately failed, it was the first large-scale 3D online game in the country at the time.
When Huanyu Technologies promoted Victorious Return, it immediately attracted the attention of many players.
"Damn, this is actually a 3D game."
"This should be the first 3D online game in the country."
"The graphics are too realistic. It's beyond miraculous."
"There's actually so many button controls. Tsk tsk, this is definitely a masterpiece."
3D online games were technically more complex than 2D games. They were also more advanced.
So, when a 3D online game was promoted, it naturally attracted the attention of players.
In particular, when the game's 3D effects were turned on, every blade of grass and every tree in the world was just like the real world. It was incomparably eye-catching.
"Okay, I'm definitely playing this game."
"Hurry up with the closed beta. I can't wait."
"I don't know if we need an activation code. We should learn from Legend of Mir. It's best if we don't delete the activation code."
It had to be said that with the help of Huanyu Technologies, Victorious Return had become quite popular even before beta testing began.
This made the founders of Penguin extremely confident.
"I knew our Victorious Return would attract the attention of the masses."
"Yes, there are quite a few Guilds waiting for us to start the closed beta."
"What's disgusting is that Huanyu Technologies didn't fully promote us. If they put in more effort, it might not be comparable to their Legendary world, but it's still comparable to Miracle MU."
Ceng Liqing and the others complained about Huanyu Technologies again.
Previously, in order to convince Huanyu Technologies to cooperate, he had pretended to be a coward several times.
Fortunately, Huanyu Technologies agreed. However, even though they agreed, the cost of promotion was much higher than other companies.
But it was all worth it.
Huanyu Technologies' marketing ability wasn't just for show. Even though they didn't do their best to cooperate with Victorious Return, they still managed to get a hold of the player market in advance. With Victorious Return's outstanding gameplay and overwhelming 3D game engine, Victorious Return became a hit.
"Let's each go to an Internet cafe."
Ceng Liqing suggested going to an Internet cafe for a test.
"That's necessary. Even though our Victorious Return is quite playable, it still requires a certain amount of computer configuration. We still need to test it out in an Internet cafe."
Even though games were easy to make money, Penguin was still quite cautious.
Before the closed beta, they prepared to observe the market's performance.
Immediately, the five of them divided up their work and headed to Shenzhen's various Internet cafes.
At night, the five of them returned to the company and met up.
"Liqing, how are things going on your end?"
"The test results are good. Most of the computers can play our Victorious Return."
"Zhi Dong, what about yours?"
"The results are average. Half of the computers can't run Victorious Return. But the owner of the Internet cafe said that the other half are second-hand computers. They're preparing to update their configurations. "
"Yi Zhou, what about yours?"
"It's about the same as Zhi Dong. It's a 50/50 ratio. But from the looks of the market, the major Internet cafes should be able to keep up after half a year."
The five of them reported the results of their tests as follows. Ma Huateng more or less had a rough understanding of the market.
Even though there were a lot of computers in the Internet cafes that couldn't keep up, it didn't matter. Their Victorious Return couldn't occupy so much of the market in such a short time. Of course, the best case scenario was to wait half a year. At that time, all the computer configurations would be able to keep up. Then, Victorious Return's launch would be a matter of course.
But half a year was too long. The Internet was developing too fast. Who knew what would happen after half a year?
Moreover, according to the information they received, there were already several companies preparing to act as agents for Korea's Heaven 2.
It must be known that Heaven 2's 3D effects were even more outstanding than Victorious Return.
"Pony, I don't think there's a problem. When Miracle mu was launched, the major Internet cafes' computers couldn't keep up. But after half a year, all the computers will be able to play Miracle. "
"Yeah, if we wait half a year or a year, we won't have the advantage."
Seeing Ma Huateng's hesitation, Ceng Liqing and the others said.
Ma Huateng thought for a moment and felt that Ceng Liqing's words were reasonable. He nodded and said, "Okay, we'll start the Victorious Return closed beta in a month."
"Aren't we going to delete the files?"
"No, the current game environment doesn't support it. Let's test it on a small scale first."
"Okay."
No matter what, we'll test it first.
"Next, we'll discuss the details of the closed beta."
"We'll start working on the server and broadband immediately."
"Right, we'll add Victorious Return to our QQ Game Hall."
"I'm worried that the alliance won't agree."
"Is the QQ Game Hall ours or theirs? We'll be tough. If they don't agree, we'll cut off their connection."
Ma Huateng's attitude was tough.
It was fine if they didn't want to make a game, but if they wanted to make one, they had to go all out.
"Okay, I'll contact them."
Ceng Liqing had always been an expert in public relations.
"Do you want to cooperate with Huanyu Technologies?"
"Okay."
Ma Huateng knew that Huanyu Technologies' One Card was meant to bind all the game companies.
With Ma Huateng's ambition, he wouldn't have agreed.
In fact, Ma Huateng wasn't the only one who didn't agree. NetEase, Nine Cities, and Shengda also didn't cooperate with Huanyu Technologies.
However, Ma Huateng couldn't afford to fail in his first game. He could only agree.
"Right, there's also the problem of manpower. We don't have enough people."
"If we don't have enough people, then we'll recruit."
"I'm talking about the lack of a person in charge of the game."
"If we can't recruit him, we'll recruit him. Let's recruit him first."
"…"
While they were chatting, the group of founders slept until late at night.
Ceng Liqing yawned, looked at everyone, and smiled. "Everyone's a bit tired. Let's get off work."
"Okay, everyone's worked hard today. Let's have supper and then go home."
Ma Huateng also put down his work.
The body was the capital of a revolution. They couldn't work until dawn.
"Hehe, Pony, what are we going to eat?"
"Let's eat a bowl of cosplay."
"Damn, that's too stingy."
"If you're not stingy, you can treat us. The company doesn't have much money left."
"Okay, let's eat cosplay. When our game makes money, we'll have a good meal."
They weren't people who couldn't bear hardships. Needless to say, they were much better off than before.
Without any objections, they left the company and went to a supper shop.
It was already 2: 30 in the morning. There weren't many customers. The owner of the supper shop was playing Landlord out of boredom.
"Call Landlord, Rob Landlord, I'll rob …"
He had just robbed the landlord when he realized there were customers in the shop.
The owner of the supper shop was embarrassed and chose to take over. "Sorry, sorry. What do you want to eat?"
However, Ma Huateng didn't say anything. Instead, he leaned in front of the computer and asked, "Boss, are you playing Landlord?"
"Yes."
The owner nodded. "It's too late. There aren't many customers, so I played a few rounds."
"Why don't you play QQ Landlord?"
"What's so fun about QQ Landlord? It's not fun at all. The most fun is YY Happy Landlord. Let me tell you, the gameplay in Happy Landlord is too interesting … "
The owner talked non-stop. Then, he seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Uh, what are you eating?"
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